History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

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Página 143 John Bull was flattered by the lawyers, that his suit would not last above a year or
two at most ; that before that time he would be in quiet possession of his business
: yet ten long years did Hocus steer his cause through all the meanders of the ...

Página 144 Here again was a new field for the lawyers, and the cause grew more intricate
than ever. John grew madder and madder; wherever he met any of lord Strutt's
servants, he tore off their clothes: now and then you would see them come home
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Página 156 John's cause was a good milch cow, and many a man subsisted his family out of
it. However, John began to think it high time to look about him. He had a cousin in
the country, one sir Roger Bold *, whose predecessors had been bred up to the ...

Página 176 This cause was my favourite, I had set my heart upon it; it is like an only child; I
cannot endure it should miscarry; for God's sake consider only to what a dismal
condition old Lewis is brought. He is at an end of all his cash; his attorneys have
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Página 309 The person I have at present cause to complain of, is indeed in very melancholy
circumstances, it having pleased God to deprive him of his senses, which may
extenuate the crime in him. But I should be wanting in my duty, not only to myself,
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Página 416 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...